Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
171 
4 
27 
68 
16 
33 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
845 
26 
62 
370 
120 
66 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
2,780 
76 
101 
1,381 
92 
298 
- 
acres 
1,274,627 
33,064 
46,149 
332,422 
3,354 
106,009 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
33,955 
1,168 
2,072 
18,503 
2,088 
2,143 
_ 
workers 
465,422 
6,426 
68,356 
281,162 
46,887 
17,429 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
20,018 
788 
1,405 
9,976 
1,512 
1,432 
- 
workers 
205,851 
3,001 
34,044 
99,052 
29,248 
9,891 
- 
Less than 150 days farms 
22,621 
837 
1,394 
13,213 
1,192 
1,334 
- 
workers 
259,571 
3,425 
34,312 
182,110 
17,639 
7,538 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
2,921 
64 
285 
2,092 
94 
162 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
755 
10 
26 
635 
22 
21 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
31,965 
616 
1,437 
14,035 
1,228 
2,095 
- 
workers 
72,020 
1,257 
3,652 
30,243 
2,539 
4,675 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
24,637 
53 
1,870 
12,108 
2,015 
353 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
25,811 
335 
1,117 
13,244 
937 
1,947 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
3,700 
111 
128 
1,964 
94 
318 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
3,601 
165 
96 
1,810 
67 
450 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,222 
159 
116 
1,424 
77 
376 
- 
140 to 179 acres 
2,533 
181 
72 
1,071 
30 
360 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
1,477 
112 
74 
648 
21 
174 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,189 
109 
35 
481 
20 
142 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
3,983 
454 
161 
1,385 
51 
487 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3,230 
341 
179 
924 
36 
530 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,040 
160 
144 
469 
23 
332 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
2,434 
116 
199 
417 
19 
346 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,296 
2,296 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
4,191 
- 
4,191 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
35,945 
- 
- 
35,945 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,390 
- 
- 
- 
3,390 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
5,815 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,815 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
194 
- 
- 
- 
- 
194 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
5,621 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,621 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,767 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
156 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,594 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
446 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,202 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3,246 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,809 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
16,764 
173 
240 
1,160 
97 
680 
_ 
number 
5,370,531 
52,998 
16,190 
49,803 
793 
77,343 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,396 
58 
175 
694 
85 
289 
- 
1 0 to 49 
4,687 
48 
39 
314 
7 
213 
- 
50 to 99 
1,128 
15 
10 
47 
4 
54 
- 
100 to 199 
914 
23 
7 
51 
1 
60 
- 
200 to 499 
896 
16 
5 
33 
- 
29 
- 
500 or more 
1,743 
13 
4 
21 
- 
35 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
12,566 
111 
181 
804 
56 
519 
_ 
number 
2,399,249 
9,186 
7,610 
23,368 
465 
37,769 
- 
Beef cows farms 
10,925 
105 
168 
777 
54 
507 
_ 
number 
583,594 
9,139 
(D) 
(D) 
458 
37,053 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,173 
46 
134 
494 
45 
256 
- 
1 0 to 49 
2,704 
25 
17 
191 
8 
136 
- 
50 to 99 
801 
16 
8 
40 
- 
48 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
542 
6 
3 
25 
1 
28 
- 
200 to 499 
479 
8 
5 
22 
- 
22 
- 
500 or more 
226 
4 
1 
5 
- 
17 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
188 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
